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Veiga earns All-America in 10,000

The Lowell Sun

Updated:
05/25/2013 02:07:08 PM EDT

PUEBLO, Colo. -- Senior Jeff Veiga, of Lowell, placed fourth and earned All-American honors in the 10,000 meters to lead UMass Lowell on the first day of the NCAA Track & Field Championship at Colorado State's Pueblo's Neta and Eddie DeRose ThunderBowl.

Veiga, earning All-American status for the first time in track and field, ran the 10,000 meters in 30:41.31. Senior Gabriel Proctor of Western (Colo.) State won the title in 30:03.07 and was followed by American International's duo of senior Glarius Rop (30:11.24) in second and freshman Michael Biwott (30:23.45) in third.

"Jeff ran perfect, exactly how we discussed ahead of time," said head coach Gary Gardner. "He made no big moves and ran very tough. It was a fun race to watch.

Veiga continues in the 5,000 meters as the 13th seed Saturday (10:30 p.m.).

Additionally, junior Elisabeth Monty placed second in the 400-meter hurdles preliminary, while senior Antoinette Toussaint took seventh to move on to the 400 hurdles championship Saturday (9:20 p.m.).

Monty ran the 400-meter hurdles preliminary in 59.12 seconds and placed behind only Michelle Cumberbatch of Lincoln University, who won the race in 58.59 seconds. Toussaint came in seventh place in 1:00.17 as nine members of the field of 20 advanced to the final.

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